Hi,
Just a couple of comments on pattern matching, as Keith pointed out, although Windows pattern matching "looks" like Linux/bash pattern matching, there are some subtle differences. If you try the following;

	
				
			
	
Hi,Just a couple of comments on pattern matching, as Keith pointed out, although Windows pattern matching "looks" like Linux/bash pattern matching, there are some subtle differences. If you try the following;
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echo *
echo .*
echo *.*
- You will see that "*" matches all files (that do NOT begin with '.')
 - ".*" will match all files that DO begin with "."
 - And "*.*" will match all files that contain a "." (but do not begin with a dot)
 

Just a couple of comments on pattern matching, as Keith pointed out, although Windows pattern matching "looks" like Linux/bash pattern matching, there are some subtle differences. If you try the following;
Code: [Select]
echo *
echo .*
echo *.*
- You will see that "*" matches all files (that do NOT begin with '.')
 - ".*" will match all files that DO begin with "."
 - And "*.*" will match all files that contain a "." (but do not begin with a dot)
 


